Julian opened Kieron's bedroom door and walked over to his
son. He was glad that he and Mary were finally able to separate their twins
from sleeping together. Not that it was unnatural, but still...it didn't feel
right to let Kian and Kieron be together all day and all night. He couldn't
quite put his finger on it, but somehow this budding friendship between his two
boys made him feel just a little uneasy. He gently started to shake awake the
lump under the covers that was Kieron...what the fuck? "Shit!" Julian angrily
through the covers off the bed and stared at the pillows that only Kieron could
have put there.

"You two are in big trouble now!" he screamed and stormed
off to Kian's room. Kian, having been woken up by his father's screaming, knew
that he was too late to wake Kieron and quickly rolled off the side of the bed
and he dove under the bed just as Julian opened the door.

"Allright you two. You keep on doing this and...Kian, where
is your brother?"

Kian just hoped that Kieron would somehow figure out what he
had done. Hopefully their father would think that Kieron was him and that they
hadn't slept together.

"Son, I asked you a question! Where is Kieron?"

Kieron sat up in Kian's bed as he woke, and looked around
him, a little confused. He didn't see Kian anywhere and why was his father
talking to him like he was Kian? Shit they were in trouble...but where was
Kian? Then something clicked in his mind...he just hoped that he was right. If
not, they were going to be in big trouble.

"Hey Daddy, it's just me here. Kieron must be in his room."

"Well he isn't and since you two demand on being together
all the time, where else but here would he be?"

"Maybe he is watching TV, Daddy. I really don't know where
he is." That, ironically enough, was the truth.

"Well, if you see him, tell him that I want to speak to you
both. Sorry if I scared you, son." With that, Julian walked out of the room.
Kieron nearly shit himself when he saw Kian climbing out from underneath the
bed.

"Thanks buddy! I thought we were finished for sure!"

"Why does Daddy not want us to be together? We've always
been together! Mommy told us that we were born together. And now we are both in
trouble! That's not fair, Kian..."

Kian's young, seven year old heart went out to his brother
as he saw him starting to cry. He climbed into the bed and grabbed Kieron into
a hug. He could feel Kieron's tears falling onto his shoulder. Kian desperately
wanted his brother to stop crying so he decided to do what their mother always
did when they got hurt. He released Kieron from their embrace and took his face
in his hands. Slowly he kissed the tears away from his brother's face. While he
did this, he gently stroked Kieron's hair as he felt his brother's body shake
beneath him. Then he stopped when he felt Kieron's hand on his face aswell as
the twins held eachother's heads in their hands. Two identical faces looked
into two pairs of identical eyes and slowly their faces came together. Their foreheads
pushed against eachother. Kieron was so confused, he really loved his brother
and having felt his tears being kissed away, his equally young heart felt an
incredible love for his twin brother. Kian was confused aswell. He and Kieron
have always been together but the way that he was feeling now...this...he has
never felt like this before. Before they could do anything though, they heard someone
coming up the stairs and they quickly separated, with Kieron this time,
climbing underneath the bed. When the coast was clear, Kian stormed out of the
room, really scared about what he felt. He also tried his best to ignore Kieron
of the rest of the day.

This went on for the next couple of days. Julian and Mary
were stunned to notice that their two boys were staying out of eachother's way
all together. Except for when they walked home from school or when they ate
dinner together, they simply ignored eachother. Mary and Julian so badly wanted
to talk to the two boys but they decided not to interfere, and to let this
phase sort it's self out. One Monday afternoon after school the two boys were
walking home once more when Kieron saw Kian turning left into another street. Thinking
that Kian wanted to show him something, he followed him. When Kian became aware
of his brother's precence behind him he turned around to face him and Kieron
could see that he was angry.

"Why do you always keep on following me everywhere? Can't
you do anything for yourself?"

Tears immediately sprang to Kieron's eyes as he took in what
Kian had just screamed at him and his bottom lip started to quiver.

"Kian, what's wrong? We've always walked home from school!"

"Well, things have changed. Go home and stay the hell away
from me."

"You...you don't really mean that!" Kieron screamed, his
voice breaking because of the sobbs in his throat.

"You think im joking? Go home!"

In the end, Kieron wiped his eyes, turned around and slowly
started to walk home. He nearly fell off the pavement a couple of times as his
tears were muddling up his eyes but he kept wiping them away. He was determined
not to show his mother that he had been crying. When he got home he ran
straight to the bathroom and he washed his face.

"Hey sweety, where's your brother?" Mary asked as she saw
Kieron coming out of the bathroom. Ashamed as she was to admit it, she didn't
have a clue to whom she was talking to at that moment
as Kian and Kieron's manurisms was always the same.

"Kian...he...he got held up by...sports! Yeah, I think they
want to pick Rugby teams or something."

"Kieron, why didn't you wait for him? You know that you guys
are too young to be wandering around on your own! Wait until your father hears
about this!"

Kieron let his face drop to his chin and he walked quietly
to his room. When he got there, he closed the door, locked it and started to
cry softly. He didn't want his mother to hear. He was going to get into trouble
because of something that he didn't do. And when Kian gets home, he will tell
the truth and then he, Kieron, would be in even more trouble. Kieron's tears
fell onto his shirt as he thought about the old days, the times that he and his
brother were so close. He missed that. He missed all the fun he and Kian used
to have. Most of all, he just missed Kian.

Kieron had fallen asleep from crying but he was awakened by
his mother knocking on his door. He forgot that he locked it. When he opened
the door, he saw his mother standing there, out of breath and with her eyes red
and puffy.

"Where is Kian? Tell me, Kieron! Is he in here with you?
Tell me!"

"Mommy, I told you he is still at..."

"Kieron Reed don't you lie to me! Ive just been to the
school to wait for Kian and guess what? No Kian! The Rugby
coach didn't know what I was talking about! I make a fool of myself infront of
a complete stranger and that because you lied to me! Where is Kian?"

Just then, the front door slammed closed. Mary turned around
and ran downstairs with Kieron following her.

"Stop right there, Kian!"

Kian stopped and looked at his mother. He was in real
trouble now. Then he saw the look on Kieron's face and he got angry again. Why
did his brother have to split on him? Was it revenge on Kieron's part because
he screamed at him?

Kieron walked over to him and put his arm around his
brother. Kian just wanted to shake it off, when Kieron spoke.

"Mommy, im sorry that I lied to you. I just didn't think
that you would actually go to the school. The thing is...I told Kian not to
come home. I had a fight with him today and I was so angry so I told him that. Im
sorry Kian. I still love you."

Kian couldn't believe that Kieron was telling a lie right
infront of their mother. Why was he doing this? Kian felt guilty as hell for
what he did to his brother.

After they ate dinner that night, it was decided that Kieron
was going to be grounded for two weeks. Kieron just nodded and went about eating
his dinner. Kian couldn't eat. Kieron was getting into trouble for something
that was not his fault. He excused himself, telling his parents that he didn't
feel well. Mary told him to go and lie down.

Kieron was lying on his bed with his eyes closed when he
heard the door open. Somehow, he knew who it was. Kian sat next to his brother
on the bed and softly touched his arm.

"Kieron..."

"Listen, Kian I did that because I didn't want you to get
into trouble. I don't know what I did to you to make you be so angry with me,
but I hope that you can forgive me."

This time it was Kian's eyes that were filled with small
tears. He lied next to his brother and he pulled Kieron closer to him.

"Thanks buddy. I love you too."

That feeling came back to both of them, but this time, they
didn't fight against it. Kian pressed his lips onto his brother's while Kieron
sighed and put his arm around Kian's neck. Kian held Kieron at the waist while
they kissed and sighed inside their seven year old souls.

At the same time, they whispered `I love you' to eachother
and they meant it. In due time, they would find out what those feeling really
meant, but for now, the twins kissed eachother because they loved eachother as
the twin brothers that they were.